Tie for wire fencing.



No. 861,621. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

' B. E. TOBIAS.

' TIBFOR WIRE FENCING.

APPLICATION FILED APB; 21, 1906.

PATENT OFFICE.

7 ERNEST E. TOBIAS, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

TIE FOR WIRE FENCING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed April 21,1906. Serial No. 312,954.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. TOBIAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties for Wire Fencing;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a tie for wire fencing, and consists in theformation and association of parts illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and pointed out in the claims. .,The object of the invention isto provide a simple and efficient tie for joining the crossed strands ofa wire fencing or fabric of such formation as to enable it to be readilydriven between shaping dies which embrace the crossed strands, and ofsuch a character as to enable the strands to be firmly joined thereby ina manner to prevent separation or lateral displacement.

@TllO above object is attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is an elevation of a tie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the reverse side of the tie. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewthrough the strand wire as on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectionalview through the strand wire as on line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asectional view through the stay wire as on line 55 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6is a sectional View through the stay wire as on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1. designates the longitudinalor strand wire of a wire fencing, and 2 the transverse or stay wire.These wires cross at right angles and are crimped at the point ofcrossing as is common in the art. The tie which is employed to join saidwires is initially formed in the shape of a staple and is mechanicallydriven between the working faces of (lies, not shown, which embrace thecrossed wires of the fabric and direct the legs of the staple about saidwires so as to form the tie herein shown.

The loop 3 of the staple in the completed tie, lies passes in the rearof the stay wire, its end portion curving upwardly across the line wirebeyond the stay wire, as at 5, and the terminal 6 thereof partiallyembracing the line wire in a spiral form. The leg 7 also passes in therear of the stay wire and the end portion thereof curves upwardly, as at8, and across the end portion of leg 5 lying upon the line wire, theterminal 9 of leg 7 bending backwardly and hooking around the line wireon the rear side thereof, thereby firmly securing itself as well as theend portion of leg 4 to said line wire. This formation of tie may beeasily driven in suitable dies, yet it is of such a character that theterminals of the tie may be securely fastened together and to the linewire by the embracing hook 9 of leg 7.

Having thus fully set forth my iiivention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a tie for wire fencing, the combination with the crossed strandand stay wires, of a tie in the form of a staple having, its loop endengaging the strand wire at one side of the stay, legs passing in therear of the stay Wire, the end portion of one leg curving upwardlyacross the strand wire on the opposite side of the stay wire from theloop and terminating in a spiral twist extending partially around andalong the line wire away from the stay Wire, the other leg after passingin the rear of the stay wire curving upwardly across the end portion ofthe first-mentioned lee; Where it crosses the line wire, the terminal ofsaid last-mentioned leg hooking backwardly around the rear side of theline wire to lock itself and the terminal of the first-mentioned legthereto.

2, In a tie for wire fencing, the combination with the staple, having"its loop end engaging the strand wire at one side of the stay wire, legspassing in the rear of the stay wire, the end portion of one leg curvingupwardly across the strand wire on the opposite side of the stay wirefrom the loop and extending partially along the strand wire away fromthe stay wire, the other leg after passing in the rear of the stay wirecurving upwardly and crossing the end portion of the first mentioned legat its point of crossing the line wire, the terminal of said lastmentioned leg hooking backwardly partially around the terminal of thefirst mentioned leg and contiguous to the real-side strand wire.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST n. ToBIAs.

Witnesses LEWIS K. WALKER,

B. E. TOBIAS.

crossed strand and stay wires, of a tie in the form of a-

